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Auction: 19003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 176

(x) Pair: Private W. Scott, Royal Scots Regiment

Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Belfast (6788 Pte. W. Scott, Royal Scots.); King's South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (6788 Pte. W. Scott. Rl: Scots.), edge bruising, nearly very fine (2)

Walter Scott was born around 1881 at Selkirk, Scotland, the son of Thomas Scott of Halledays Park, Selkirk. A labourer by trade, he attested at Glasgow for the 1st Battalion, Royal Scots on 22 July 1899 and served in South Africa from 17 May 1900-21 November 1902, following by a further four and a half years in India. He was given 10 days detention in India on 18 February 1907 for an 'improper reply' to an N.C.O., before returning home to the depot of the 1st Battalion, transferred to reserve and discharged upon termination of the first period of engagement on 21 July 1911; sold with copied service record confirming medal and clasp entitlement.

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Sold for
£120

Starting price
£60